Time Out New York reports that event planners Secret Formula, is offering fans of the film version of John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch a chance to celebrate the work with a sing-along May 26 at The Bell House in Park Slope, Brooklyn. (more...)

On Tuesday, June 14, 2011, The New York Pops orchestra - famous for presenting popular music with a symphony orchestra of the highest quality - will perform at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park for the annual SummerStage Gala presented by City Parks Foundation. (more...)

Parsons Dance - praised around the world for its virtuosity, exceptional theatricality, athleticism, energy and accessibility - presents a special summer performance on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 7pm. (more...)

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the career of Oscar®-winning writer and director Robert Benton on Thursday, June 2, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. (more...)

The Tony Award-winning Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York, www.art-newyork.org) will honor three New York City theatre community stars during its 2011 Spring Gala on June 13 at 3LD in lower Manhattan: Pioneer in corporate philanthropy for JPMorgan Chase Ed Jones, Tony/Emmy Award-winning actress Cherry Jones, and Virginia P. Louloudes for her 20 years of service as Executive Director of A.R.T./New York, the service and advocacy organization for the City's nonprofit theaters. (more...)

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, announces the second cycle of the Global Connections program recipients, the new international grant funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to build bridges and artistic collaborations between U.S. theatre professionals and counterparts abroad. (more...)

Sanford Biggers: Sweet Funk-An Introspective challenges and reinterprets symbols and legacies that inform contemporary America in a focused selection of eight installations and five additional artworks created by the New York-based artist. (more...)

Discover the Gift, an inspirational documentary film and simultaneously released book of the same title created by award-winning filmmaker Demian Lichtenstein and his sister, executive producer Shajen Joy Aziz, M.Ed., will premiere at a gala evening event hosted by Michael Bernard Beckwith, founder and Spiritual Director of the Agape International Spiritual Center, on Tuesday June 14, 2011 at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University, located at 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South, New York, NY. (more...)

Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company (Qi Shu Fang, President & Ding Mei Kui, Artistic Director), recipient of National Heritage Fellowship for the Arts, will present the 11th Annual Peking Opera Festival featuring Qi Shu Fang and the Company for one performances only on Saturday, June 25th @ 7:30PM at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU (566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South). This performance is part of the World Stage Series presented by the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU. (more...)

For the country's millions of homebound seniors, innovative collaborations like the one between Selfhelp's Virtual Senior Center and The Jewish Museum may make staying at home a much more interesting proposition. (more...)